Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The. Fret'. Lqiice, established 1887 (‘iiliUnlied Bemt-weckly during the College year, extent on holiday*, Uy el-i-lente of The r'enntylvnnln Slate College, In the Intereit of the College, th« iMwtent*. faculty. alumni, anil friends. 1937 Member »9*B Ptssocialed Collegiate Press Distributor of Colleftiate Digest THE MANAGING BOARD itIIAIU.KK M. WHEF.I.KR, JR. 'BB JAY H. DANIELS *«8 j-Mllor ItuHlneii Manager IRJtOMB WEINSTEIN *BB CAUL W. DIEHL ’M Mniingiiig Editor MveitMns Mmw PHANOIS 11. SZYMCZAK ’3B ROBERT S. MrtCELVFJY 88 News Editor Circulation M«i-wr WOODROW W. rtIRRLY ’Ufl JOHN C,. SABELLA 88 Feature -Editor Promotion Manager SHIRLEY U. HF.LcrtS ‘SB ROBERT R. ELLIOTT JR. 3 Women’s Editor Foreign Advort.sinj Manager fIFORttIA 11. TOWERS *5B KATHRYN M. JF.NIMNCB 88 Ablate Women’* K-Htor Frnlor Rorrolnry CAROLINE TYSON ’BB Associate Women’s Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS A. Ho.l -W H.rli.rt 11. C.tmn '39 II™" M. T«hi* U Alan 0. Mclntyre ’3!) „, s B. NW* J,. -5.1.. W. S. Salt '39 Ji.fr. A. WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS „ . Bella E. Sheen 'Sfl I 11. (Ireenlirrg . Jfl _ ASSOCIATE IiUSINKSS MANAGERS Ma.u.K-.m! IMilm ™» K«\vh l-MUnr Thu* l*->“<*-- Tuesday, April’ 5, 1938 HOW MUCH FOR SYPHILIS? •*\VE MUST HAVE protection against fascism; u'c mint spend billions to save our democracy!" '•‘lt is our duty to spend billions to protect.our peo ple from the vavuKes of invadinp: armies!'' ••We must have billions to thicken and maintain our •bio stick' to warn foreign powers that we will stand bv the* Monroe Doctrine!” “Wo must prevent misery ami suffering from roach* i«K the American people at any cost!” On :m<l on our Congressmen rage, fummg at the mouth, yelling for billion dollar appropriations to build an impenetrable wall around out; borders to block inva ders bent on destroying, maiming, and killing our Jacc. Hut when United States Surgeon Thomas 1 arron asked for §25,000,000* to adequately fight the invisible army of syphilis that is already inside the Avail "'ith 12,000,000 people—UK* of the population—in its grasp, Congress mumbled nnd soon forgot. Twelve million citizens ravaged and scarred by an enemy that holds no secret to modern science. We know the answer to the problem. Syphilis can be wiped out! Sweden and Denmark have proved it. What is holding us back? Cannons, gas, battleships, and soldiers are helpless against this invis'.hU? plague. liigh*powcr guns cannot kill the dread germ which attacks the brains ami heart, destroys the nervous system, and rots the sight and lo comotion mechanisms of the human being.' Modern sci ence and skilled physicians, with the co-operation, of \ c.ngvuss and .the people, alone can defeat syphilis. And we know lhe answer. Why not use it? ' L:wt year, the heaviest barrier against-the, fight on syphilis was biokcn when the public no lontrer hush bushed talk on the topic. Editorials in moat .college newspapers adopted the. plan of free Waterman tests <-► be given every student. The response was more than encouraging; students did want protection against syphilis—the dread disease that accounts for most of the deaths in the nation. At State, the Wassermun tests were voluntary, and the number who submitted to the test was large. State 1 {•lndents are in accord with the nation in demanding pralcctum against the plague. Why isn’t the Wnsserman test a-compulsor.v require ment far evevy student admitted to the College? • Why don’t our Congressmen stop howling for billions for iron and steel defenses and start clamoring for ade quate appropriations ta squelch the scourge that is mu t'.lal'iv' and killing our people? Let’s wipe out syphilis. We know the answer! » —55. S. S. ELECTIONS TODAY THE BEGINNING Ob’ the end starts today. Or something about that screwy will bo done with. Or some such stuft*. Anyhow it’s almost time for the poli ticians to haul the garbage in off the streets. And when that Is done it will smell a lot cleaner in State College. Flighting tooth and toe-nail for the nominal leader yliip «f nest year's student body a line of demarcation has unwittingly been set up between the fraternity add mm fraternity man. The result has been horrible to liehtMf. 'That should never happen again. Whoever wins this week’s election will he well spat tered and “smeared’’ hy‘ Move-Up Day. Next year when the senior class president advocates “clean poli tics” for all the platforms, when he professes sincere interest in doing the right, noble thing for the constit uents, let him remember the trail of fermented bologna that lie.trod to become the College’s Number 1 shot. MORTAR BOARD MEETING •JUNIOR WOMEN WHO are interested in becoming members of Mortar Board should make an effort to nt lend tonight's membership meeting. Those concerned with the future welfare of the honorary should come and indicate whom they believe are best fitted for en rollment. Mortar Board has gone out of its way to .adjust itself to the best interests of the woman student body and that extra effort toward improving und developing the society' should lie met cooperatively by all junior women. SUCCESSFUL I. F. BALL INTEILFUATE ft NITY COUNCIL PLACED another feather in its cap und continued its fcnmpaign to .re gain vigor and esteem by presenting a very definitely improved Interfraternity Ball Friday night. The Coun cil is to he congratulated for thinking of a plan to elim inate most of the old evils. It is to be commended for then going ahead nnd doing something about it. WE NOTE WITH interest thnt St. Thomas College OLD MANIA Late News Flushes STATE COLLEGE, April 6—Bathroom furniture for Fran Ath Hall has arrived. Ray Fishhurnc' and Doris Jane Thomas were mar ried in E.kton, Md., at LI a. m. Saturday. Mot Wed nesday. date Thursday, dance -Friday, married Sat- Love Letter Bruce Harlem, sigma nu, received the following .letter from his father, a representative .in Washing ton, last week; “Dear Son, “My life was never free from sin, I’ve gambled, Hod, drunk bootleg gin, Broken speed laws, purchased votes, At Gabriel’s call I’ll join the goals. ■‘Etqriml Lorment will he in.v due i But why do I merit h son like you? 1 might repent nnd escape the fire But there’s no surcease for a luckless sire. ‘Your grades are lousy, your “Your highest urge is for my.last dime; You major in fishing and .pitching woo, •Like all that I’ve met from Sigma Nu. .Alan G. Mclntyre ’M .Herbert U. Cuban L’envoi Your lettre says you’re badly broke, •Enclosed find fifty. 1 hope yon choke. . (Signed! Dad.” “NiU.antj Lion II” •We break ground insule of a building, we’re going to lay a cornerstone after Fran Ath Hall is complet ed and now we christen a boat miles from the ocean, parked back of Old Main in the high''and DUY Nit tuny Valley (See page 1). • More interesting than the. actual christening was Bob Staph’s attempt to' cover the affair for Lhc Cen tre Daily Times. Bill Ulerich sent :Bob, one of the Journ. 28 stooges, out on the story. Bolt heard him say they were going to christen the ,Nitlany Lion and so promptly-repaired to the Inn, where they knew nothing about the affair. So Boh headed home, greatly ired at--what he thought was one of Ulcrieh’s April Fool capers. On the way he encountered the boat, and so saved his face and the Times. . • 1 Guy Stover covered tjie'event with his camera but forgot to snap the picture at the crucial moment..., Best comment was Unit of an import: “Isn’t that a nice canoe?” .\nd incidentally, Bob Cox, accompanying, the own er,! will he remembered as the winner of the “most salacious Lion coat” prize last year. Comments on the News “U. O. T. C. PAItADES TO BEGIN” (We can't wait.) “STUDENTS NEEDED FOB'JOBS, CA UEP.ORTS” (More stooges for Harry.). ’CO.EDS—DID YOU LOSE ANYTH7.VO OVER THE .WEEK-END?” (’Muff said.) ♦ 4-4 /. F. Ball. Reminiscences: Smoothest Haircuts M. D. D. 0. W. ... Prettiest Import... Longest Tails Cost Floor Polisher Smoothest Import In the News ! Comes from Huhlcrshurg a suggestion to call Penn State ‘Wi!!ia*i Penn's University ."We object. They might call us “Willie P." ' < 1M Skirblt*' was in town telling-" about the best J bnsinc.-s mgi\ the. Collegian ever had . . . Skippy I .lenmvtgs is flashing: a diamond . . . Dot Shaner and Prank Kimper have'their eyes on each other . . . Damn this typewriter ... STATIONERY SPECIALS 1 ■ London Crushed Bond With Penn State Seal 59 c Hammermill Bond 1 20 Pound Substance $l.OO Ream .60 Half Ream .25 100 Sheets Odd Lot Stationery ASSORTED SIZES - Values to 51.19 ' 19e : 39c-59e KEELER’S Bill Kndean, John Subella • Joe West -- (Escorted hy Hank Cartin) - Bill Lindenmuth ... : Bill Dye 111 - (Seo. George Veckfoy) + *■ + —THE MANIAC THE' PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Varden WllLAddress Camera Enthusiasts Camera enthusiasts ave invited by the Penn State Camera club to attend a meeting at 7:30 o’clock Thursday night in the Home auditor ium where Lloyd .E; Varden of the Agfa Ansco Corporation will speak. Mr. Varden, well known in photo graphic, circles, is a constant contri butor to various Journals and trade ■publications. His .talk'will concern the latest developments in film materials uch as direct copy film and the new ultra-speed panchromatic film,-which is three times as .fast as any known' film. An open discussion will follow the meeting. Letter: Box To The Editor: [ lam not one of those rabid persons ■ that write a series >of letters to .influ jential persons for the sake of vain i glorious recognition; rather, I shun lull forms of correspondence which in I any way simulates'fan mail. How lever, on this occasion 1 Teel that this [subject is so much in the need of !being brought .to'the attention of .the ! students and faculty of the Liberal Arts School that I-must take advan tage of this riieans of approaching i them. j The subject .of which 1 speak is that |of the deplorable conditions existing I in. the L. A. School,.due to the over i crowded conditions, poor faculty, and Hack of recognition of deserving fac ulty members. It.is with these-latter j two conditions -thatV*' are chiefly con i corned. This last semester we were I not able to obtain courses which ,off- I ered us any amount of selection or ! choice. If it -was .possible to get a i desirable corn-se, ,the instruction was iso poor as to render the whole theory [of liberal' education a fiasco. In our ' own Spanish department, which 1 i point out as an isolated example, there : is .one of the foremost Spanish schol ia rs ir. the U. S. who gobs without I recognition on .our' own campus. The • Engineering School, and the Chemistry ; and Physics Schools capitalize on the ‘reputations of the professors. Why ■should our school-'-keep their lights iunder a bushel? Kf' • j* I believe it is time..for the members (of the L. A. School, to rise up in a | bod and demand a.’larger and better [faculty. We should' jtress our leaders (just as much as the other schols on : campus. The faculty of jthe L. A. ■ School'recognize this need but they ;lnok to the studentsAvho are in search iof an honest education to bring these i facts to the attention of. the .proper •persons. If the-student'is sincere in i his' search the. prime jteusori ho camo to'‘college,.,it is up,to f hirh' we- are j contented to be;_UnoW'\a's graduates [ of a fourth-rute ischfrol with a second [rate faculty, \ye‘wJll'Jjave no cause jiTor complaint, when'/wc are shoved i behind the door \vhmi~johs arc handed out. . - ’"{ /.. . I uslc-your uid .il) bringing this mes sage to the. studen.ts. of the L. A. School with the hope, that they will DEMAND .what is• v their just due. Sincerely, yours, • J’ .Bfarymov j Ed.—The current building program ' ceems a fitting answer to Mr. Mary i mor’s "overcrowded conditions.” Un ; douhtcdly such a situation had much [to do with the original intention of [the program. The,writer's view of Hbe L. A. faculty appears to include ! both commendation, and condemna tion. In all fairness to u moot point, | let it be said that there' are two sides ito every question. The L. A. faculty (question is no exception. ' To The Editor The editorial in .the April; Ist Col- Equity: sa) r arios under the title, of ‘Administra tion Mathematics," is ;some\vhafc pre ! mature. It has been the seasoned pol -1 icy of the American Association of , University Professors, developed over mdny years, not to rush into print, | but rather to wait for. a thorough con | sideration of the • problem in hand tfrom all angles and.by all interested parties. The original, report on the | .present subject®, presented some time 1 'ago at a~ meeting of;the'local chapter, I is in the , nature of fa preliminary re iport. Since that date well substanti ’.ated revisidns of th<> report have been made. As discussiohiprocecds, further .revisions maybe matte. When the final 'report appears, then|,thc A.A.U.P. will welcome a full discussion. • sincerely, Leonard- ; A. Do&jsett, Member National Council of the AiXiU.P. ‘ Ed.—Sorry to hove jumped the jcrun. If the faculty can wait all tliW time for results, surely the Collepian can. See Our Easter Specials Spring' Suits " v Sportswear Ties-Socks ■Shirts GERNERD’S MO SouthvAUon • • . CLEANING • REPAIRING presB|ng" ; ; v . FOOT LIGHTS Sturting'ii bit. slowly but picking up speed, the Thespians roused an after-the-lFhall audience out of its customary lethargy with its spring show, "He>% Jiube,” in Schwab auditorium Saturday night.- • Although the plot was more complicated than the usual /Thespian ven ture, the clung closely to the tried-and : true musicomedy stuff with Mabel, the educated bear, ——— -——— the Indian yogLnot-of-this-vorld, the both for collegiate consumption and iroiu and sstecl heiress who’d come that of audiences in the Clearfield “clenn from Pittsburgh," and the Dußois - {Reading - ;BeilefoSite .hintcr-, aristocratic old-world 'nobleman turn- lands, were well-balanced. The ones ed that got the laughs here will proh- Briefly, the story dwelled on the ably, be received with , stony silence of a carnival outfit which ,ivent away,,and .vice 'Versa, the gags that broke in Weehfeen’; cvc Reived quietly here should roll out a New York escort bureau, got be WPA .workers and G. 0. P. die mixed up in" a jewel'rdbbery,' and fi- nil, ' ds 5n t»>e aisles down in the .Dutch milly ended .up in Weehawkon once. 20Unt ' ) ‘* v fllld other way-stations. . more. *? • • ' The girls’ chorus was tops. It was Laurels -for ' the best all-around the • best-looking one /Kennedy ,haa performance go to Bart Henderson corailed in many a mooti and al who brought his minor part of Swat- chough some of the.-maidens .were n mi to major dimensions as the show little heavy .in the underpinnings, went on. In addition to a well-ex- they all kicked .with a will,' and ecuted solo dance to Provost and Big- what’s'• more, in .unison. The boys hum’s “Schizophrenia,” Henderson chorus, nttt up to the girls’, .made up revealed a hitherto-unkuown voice in iu offprt'what it lacked in polish. “I Love You More” and a touch for We. like Louise FaraskVs voice liut comeffv which culminated in a dinner wish they, had a loudspeaker to bring' scene when Swalmi, as head butler, it out., The'Varsity .Quartette show doused a huge bowl of discouraging- ed its .usual Grantian .platform pres ly-voalistic soup over the' protesting cnee but the boys don't have, the stuff Popanoff (Paul Dean) whose pro- that Tilden and ..Company aported; tests, we understand, weve motivated ast year. - Incidentally, in the night: by the fact that the damaged full- club scene, the “Spanish 'Trumpet”J dress.was owned as well ns operated number could-be omitted, not becausel by Dean. it Incks stuff but just because it fol-j Dealing with the principals ■ first, lows four other numbers and leads.] Konopka and Hertz as the juveniles the audience';to .wonder when the! showed some, uncertainty in their story’s going to get going ; again.- speaking- parts, but swung nobly into Why not let the. orchestra, and the their respective singing and dancing quartet do •this job-some-other spot specialties. Buddy Yanofsky carried in the show, if needs-be? - , . • the comedy along well but those who We - liked the • Hoffman-Scbtt cos saw him in the Players’ “Idiot’s De- utroes and the sets but could -cheer- light,” couldn’t help .but be dis- fully have throttled the youth on-tbe appointed when, on several occasions, lights.who pulled at. least, two, maybe he faltered on lines, took his cue too three, of the blackouts too soon, soon, or laid down on a punch Une. And, now, -while -basking in the The redoubtable Hunt, as the iron- self-bestowed rosy glow of one who aiid-steel heiress, came through as feels he .has dwelled lightly on lio usual and Peggy Scheaffer handled bilitics and strongly on assets, we well.her part as Trixie, the pun-chy would deliver to-the Thespians this bareback 'rider. Dean did well except opinion: - . in the telephone-love scene with “Hey, Rube” is a good show, 'indi- Hunk and Eleanor where he talked virtually and-collectively, but Satur away from the audience,, making in- day’s performance' was ragged for audible some of the lines in a good an e reasoned one .alone: the damn j-equence. However, he did yeoman able Thespian.habit .of .refusing' to service in the/dining, and shower take rehearsals seriously until the scenes. Both he and Scheaffer should last. week before the initial .perfor have been given dance specialties. A mance. good opportunity for SeheafYer was Our operators have, reported- to us afforded in the girls’ chorus number 0 f many a rehearsal where Mason in the dining scene, but for some rea- and Kennedy sat-waiting for prin so” or other, she was in the back row. cipals or chorus to'get around to re- Doan, a good dancet*, was confined to hcarsnls anywhere from one to two a not-too-convincing toe dance rou- hours kite, -or -rehearsals postponed tihe- , _ • because of week-end trips that ran • ‘Apt-to-be. forgotten by. his hnony- into r Tuesday; • of chorus routines mity, Lou Hall us .Mabel, the.hear,' held\ up while a-couple' of , “cats” .helped, pick up the ‘ show’s tempo it in. h corner'iif .tKe sta.ge>xmd when it might have lagged and did n general .don’t-gjve-a-dflmn attitude, a good'job ns Primrose, the etiquette Thespians have a line tradition be- instrnctor. The musical number in bind and. a rosy future. Ken this, ‘‘Gotta Dance,’.’ could be. short- .nedy, has been able/to work up in ened without losing any effectiveness, crensingly .better shpws with a mixed Best hit .part was the rotund cast. Tr,in itineraries, although not George Pomeroy’s Miv Slabsides Vho of the' magnitude 1 !of the all-male was also the turkey in the “Waddle heyday, i-are nevertheless growing. : Around” number, probably the/best We hateUo see this future’ threatened musical number of the show. . .hy.u lackadaisical salient attitude. - In fact,, the music was the .best And. now, 'having delivered bur this reviewer has heard in' his four- selves Of this .speech from the throne, year £tay in these climes. we will repeat'that we enjoyed ‘‘lfey, The lines for the show, designed Rube” no end. -i-j, w. New Botanical Plots 1 > . Are Planned Here (Continued Prom Page One) would combine in one great''project a garden of trees, shrubs, and other plants for scientific study; and a great park-like area unified in de sign, filled with landscapes attract ing intei’cst and appreciation.” • According to Secretary French, the arboretum will furnish living specimens of trees for - students’, study. It will also-be used to help standardize, wood plant .names,* and to test the suitability of various spe cies fqr planting in this climate. Ex periments-in the development of new plant' breeds will also be - conducted. PLUMIHNG and HEATING WE SPECIALIZE IN REPAIR WORK 808 TAYLOR "^C'iiodolaiesJ World-famoua Sampler.. $1.50 . Popular Faiihill . . . $l.OO Other Packages at . . 25c up - Eerier'Eggs 10c up +■ -f + ■ COLLEGE CUT RATE STORE Next to Corner Room’ •; REMEMBER, . ' SPRING PARTIES AND SOCIALS . CAKES DECORATED / l to your ORDER - ELECTRIC BAKERY 23!) goiith AUen'S.t. - r Rhone 3121 EVERYONE I > . is talking about . ' new liplSll “Collegiate Wear " ' ilsH" ' Tailored of the newest and: - ' SSli : finest goods available. , _ Smith’s Tailor Shop > NEXT TO POST OFFICE " Tuesday, April 5, 1938 To Stand Still Is Danger-Tweedy Vale.. Professor Talks On “Fear of Change” In 7 ' Chapel Address “Speak imto the -children of -Israel that they move forward,” was ‘ the text chosen by Dr. Harry H. Tweedy, professor in 'the .divinity of Yale University, - New Haven, Conn., to illustrate his ' Sunday - chapel speech, “Fear of'Change," in Schwab, auditorium. _ - ; ! .-“lt’s surprising how many people l feel that to stand still is to play safe,” said -Dr. Tweedy; “To stand still is the most' dangerous thing in the .world. 1 .We remain in a rut-7-an elongated grave. It is a form of suicide.” Dr.'Tweedy cited the poor mic distribution of.wealth in-which 504 men .'can receive annual incomes totaling several MlUon dollars as a. proof that, thefe is-, a vital need for change. . • • • - .* “There is always a-host of good Christians who arise and cali down. : change,” said .Dr. : -Tweedy. . “What ever .our . school of thought, „we' must II realize that •Christianity never.-prom ises changelessness. . Only, that .which •is' essentially good and true-'should •sbe kept.. Whatever Your Type May Be Smartest Choice will be found nt FROMM’S 'All New Colors' ■ AAA AUi IS ' • Store o|>cn , Wed., Fri. and Sat. Eyes. FROMM’S Opp. Old Main * S.tate College,
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